The bottom of the root ball will look something like the spread-open wings of a butterfly.

VOA: special.2011.04.19

Flat-bottom boats have carried eighteen million cubic yards of dredged material to the island.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

In Transparency International's just-released 2009 survey of world corruption, Afghanistan was only one step above the bottom rung,ranking 179th out of 180 countries surveyed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

So working with the government of Morocco,we are hoping to really help to see blossom a lot more economic activity at the lower levels that will then from the bottom-up build prosperity,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

And I am committed to working with President Calderon to promote the kind of bottom-up economic growth here in Mexico that will allow people , and as a consequence will relieve some of the pressure border,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17